Bug 255453 - Theme downloading doesn't work as user
Summary: Theme downloading doesn't work as user
Status: CLOSED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: systemsettings
Classification: Applications
Component: kcm_kdm (show other bugs)
Version: 4.9.5
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdm bugs tracker
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: 252201 255063 255946 259279 262524 272268 288997 300574 302030 306475 313008 322974 324202 (view as bug list)
Depends on: 256480
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Reported: 2010-10-27 23:24 UTC by Szokovacs Robert
Modified: 2020-01-16 12:01 UTC (History)
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Description Szokovacs Robert 2010-10-27 23:24:56 UTC
Version:           1.0 (using KDE 4.5.2) 
OS:                Linux

Installing a new theme via "Get New Themes" (and probably via "Install new theme" too) doesn't work, because the sudo authentication is done after pressing apply, until that everything is done as the non-root user, who has no write permission to /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/themes .

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
click get themes and click install on a theme.

Actual Results:  
nothing happens, expect for the "installed" theme's install button becomes uninstall.

Expected Results:  
the new theme should be installed and listed to be selected.

OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.35-22-generic
Compiler: cc

I'm not sure if it's a kubuntu specific bug.
Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2010-10-28 01:03:52 UTC
*** Bug 255063 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2010-11-03 12:58:29 UTC
*** Bug 255946 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2010-11-03 12:59:19 UTC
*** Bug 252201 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 p92 2010-12-07 12:49:13 UTC
still true with kde 4.5.4
Comment 5 Christoph Feck 2010-12-09 05:39:38 UTC
*** Bug 259279 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Tim 2010-12-09 15:54:22 UTC
pasted this in  and got syntax error near token |

On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Christoph Feck <christoph@maxiom.de> wrote:

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Comment 7 Christoph Feck 2011-01-08 15:50:32 UTC
*** Bug 262524 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 Pablo Michael Silva 2011-01-16 01:16:55 UTC
*** This bug has been confirmed by popular vote. ***
Comment 9 Tim 2011-01-16 02:22:33 UTC
thanks

On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Pablo Michael Silva <pablomis@gmail.com>wrote:

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Comment 10 David Nemeskey 2011-01-30 09:44:33 UTC
Still a problem under 4.6.0.
Comment 11 qingping hou 2011-03-06 02:54:02 UTC
Still a problem under 4.6.1!!!
Someone plz fix this.
Comment 12 Andrew 2011-03-21 06:11:32 UTC
Consider how especially maddening it must be for new users who try to install a new login theme and then don't see it appear. This bug needs to be squashed, badly.
Comment 13 Tim 2011-03-21 12:53:42 UTC
Can you please tell me what to do with this please?

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 12:11 AM, Andrew <avcascade@seattletechradio.com>wrote:

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> Consider how especially maddening it must be for new users who try to
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> new login theme and then don't see it appear. This bug needs to be
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Comment 14 qingping hou 2011-03-21 13:05:17 UTC
(In reply to comment #13)
> Can you please tell me what to do with this please?

change the permission of themes file
Comment 15 Christoph Feck 2011-05-02 21:19:40 UTC
*** Bug 272268 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 16 Tim 2011-06-28 05:17:11 UTC
got the fix and thanks

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Johannes Obermayr
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Comment 17 Swâmi Petaramesh 2011-07-22 11:33:06 UTC
Got bitten by that fscking bug !
Comment 18 Mihai Sorin Dobrescu 2011-09-04 20:09:19 UTC
Still a bug in 4.7.0.
Comment 19 tbohaning 2011-09-11 00:08:58 UTC
This bug is still in Kubuntu 11.10 Beta 1.
Comment 20 Kai Uwe Broulik 2011-09-11 21:56:32 UTC
Since I am currently overhauling the entire KDM Theme selection dialog, I will have a look at this issue in the next few days.
Maybe I can achieve something similar like the “Apply button with the key icon” on the main dialog, dunno if GHNS supports something like that though.
I’ll see what I can do.
Comment 21 Swâmi Petaramesh 2011-10-07 15:07:41 UTC
Up ! ^
Comment 22 James Roe 2011-10-18 00:46:11 UTC
Present in Kubuntu 11.10 final release, with KDE 4.7.2. The bug is really maddening! I don't like having to `kdesudo systemsetting` for a workaround. But, new users are bound to use this often, and get hit by it. It's really frustrating. :(
Comment 23 Robert Downing 2011-10-25 15:05:34 UTC
I second James Roe. What a pain in the posterior! How hard can this be?
Comment 24 Oswald Buddenhagen 2011-12-14 22:09:26 UTC
*** Bug 288997 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 25 Eugene 2011-12-14 22:28:34 UTC
Hey, I'm newly found this bug in Kubuntu 11.10, KDE 4.7.4. And it's still not fixed. We'll work without themes! It's a pity ^(
Comment 26 cyberbat 2012-02-14 07:41:58 UTC
I confirm this on gentoo linux with systemsettings-4.7.4
Comment 27 Tim 2012-02-14 13:21:05 UTC
Thank you it has been fixed

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:42 AM, cyberbat <cyberbat83@gmail.com> wrote:

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Comment 28 cyberbat 2012-02-14 14:23:29 UTC
(In reply to comment #27)
> Thank you it has been fixed
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Tell me please what KDE version has it been fixed in?
Comment 29 Johannes Huber 2012-02-14 17:45:41 UTC
> Thank you it has been fixed

In which version it will be fixed? 4.8.1? 4.9.0?
Comment 30 cyberbat 2012-04-14 08:22:38 UTC
Problem still exists on 4.8.1
Comment 31 Wolfgang Griech 2012-05-01 08:39:20 UTC
problem still exists on 4.8.2 - really annoying, guys :(
Comment 32 qingping hou 2012-05-01 08:46:31 UTC
annoying +1.
Comment 33 Wolfgang Griech 2012-05-01 10:03:04 UTC
on kubuntu 12.04 "sudo systemsettings" does the job, at least partially, some of the other themes can be loaded then, and also work. But quite a few ones are not possible to load at all, some fcked up links or alike with appropriate messages..

guys, this is quite a mess, and after such a long time still an resolved issue, for such a trivial thing, wow..
Comment 34 Christoph Feck 2012-05-24 22:04:41 UTC
*** Bug 300574 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 35 Christoph Feck 2012-06-17 02:12:47 UTC
*** Bug 302030 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 36 Holly 2012-08-11 05:55:24 UTC
Also having this problem on Arch Linux with KDE 4.9.0

As a workaround, I can chmod o+w /usr/share/apps/kdm/themes and System Administration -> Login Screen -> Theme -> Get New Themes will install kdm themes.
Comment 37 Christoph Feck 2012-09-09 14:06:33 UTC
*** Bug 306475 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 38 Andrei ILIE 2012-11-12 18:28:52 UTC
Bug confirmed against 4.9.2 ... Not even a warning message :)
Comment 39 Christoph Feck 2013-01-10 14:15:09 UTC
*** Bug 313008 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 40 Denis M. (Phr33d0m) 2013-02-15 19:46:53 UTC
I want to confirm that this is still present in 4.10.0.
My suggestion is that it should ask for root permissions before installing them.
Comment 41 Brallan Aguilar 2013-05-05 08:01:15 UTC
I have this bug with KDE 4.10.2 :(
Comment 42 Henrique Sant'Anna 2013-05-06 01:59:27 UTC
I have this bug with KDE 4.10.3 :(
Comment 43 Tim 2013-05-06 03:03:09 UTC
thanks


On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 8:59 PM, Henrique Sant'Anna <tetite@gmail.com> wrote:

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Comment 44 Christoph Feck 2013-08-11 11:34:52 UTC
*** Bug 322974 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 45 Christoph Feck 2013-08-29 11:00:19 UTC
*** Bug 324202 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 46 Dan Mossor 2013-11-28 09:30:52 UTC
Still here in  4.11.3? Why would I want to switch to KDE when this is a rather obvious bug that's been outstanding for over 3 years?

I am being affected by this bug in KDE 4.11.3 on Fedora 20 TC3.
Comment 47 Swâmi Petaramesh 2013-12-02 06:09:29 UTC
That's what I really hate in KDE. Loads of bugs, very well identified, reported for years, confirmed and re-confirmed... And nobody ever gives a shit about fixing them. KDE bug tracker is managed by Dave Null...
So yeah, this bug has been outstanding for more than 3 years. Holy shit.
Comment 48 Mika Norén 2014-04-09 08:09:50 UTC
This bug is still present in version 4.12.3. Quite annoying.
Over and over and over I have to help new users tackle this bug. Some of them even left KDE due to this.
Comment 49 Brallan Aguilar 2014-04-09 17:45:43 UTC
It's still present in KDE 4.12.4
Comment 50 Swâmi Petaramesh 2014-04-09 18:16:33 UTC
I believe KDE bugs are considered "digital art" and are not meant to be fixed. Ever.
Comment 51 illumilore 2014-04-09 18:47:53 UTC
I think the kde developers should re-evaluate their decision that bugs are digital art and consider fixing them. It would make the software easier to use for people.
Comment 52 Tim 2014-04-10 14:08:03 UTC
problem solved


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Comment 53 Christoph Feck 2014-04-10 19:01:03 UTC
Please stop polluting the bug tracker. This bug is not easy to fix with the current infrastructure. If you believe otherwise, provide a patch.
Comment 54 Tim 2014-04-11 01:13:46 UTC
solved thanks


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Comment 55 Albert Astals Cid 2015-09-26 09:47:24 UTC
kdm reached it's end of life with Plasma 4, whose last bugfix release was last August 2015, we are sorry we did not get to fix this bug.

We encourage you to try Plasma 5 and its recommended display manager SDDM and it's control module kcm_ssdm.

And please do not hesitate to file bugs against it if you find any.

Sorry again we could not fix your bug.